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that we do not want to do. >> as we continue to move to solve the fiscal cliff problem, one thing we want to look at is make sure small business is ok. i had my first business when i was 19 years old -- a sandwich shop. listen to small businesses, look across there, they are the engine that makes the economy grow. today we will meet with individuals in the business community. next week, a small business coalition will talk to us on ways we can solve the fiscal cliff while the same time growing this economy. the goal of this republican majority is to solve the fiscal cliff once and for all and put us on a path to grow the economy. >> we are 34 days away from what would be the largest tax increase in american history, and the speaker boehner and the republicans have put forward a balanced plan that would prevent that from happening and not devastate our economy at a time when our economy continues to struggle and people are having a tough time finding work. we need to take action that will insure that small-business owners all across this country continue to be able to survive. many ha
that we do not want to do. >> as we continue to move to solve the fiscal cliff problem, one thing we want to look at is make sure small business is ok. i had my first business when i was 19 years old -- a sandwich shop. listen to small businesses, look across there, they are the engine that makes the economy grow. today we will meet with individuals in the business community. next week, a small business coalition will talk to us on ways we can solve the fiscal cliff while the same time...
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Dec 6, 2012
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you protect against that cliff with pse now you're down to only $650 billion of revenue. let's look at it from a public policy perspective. $25,000. there is a good chance your fiscal lot will be $25,000. what to take care deduction, you have used the entire thing. -- once you take the entire deduction, you may have used the entire thing. no reason to turn them in irs. the have used your cap on those items. look at the top 1% under this proposal, 97% would lose any incentive at all to give additional money to charity. these are house holds responsible for one-third of tax-deductible giving. you take away their deduction completely, you will have $10 million left a year going to charity according to the estimates the cbo has done. $450 billion is a painful contribution to deficit reduction. it could -- is a meaningful contribution to deficit reduction. it does not get too close to what you need to satisfy what you need to have a balance plan at the end of the day. i will not walk you through the 18 other ideas that have been floated in some form or another in the public di
you protect against that cliff with pse now you're down to only $650 billion of revenue. let's look at it from a public policy perspective. $25,000. there is a good chance your fiscal lot will be $25,000. what to take care deduction, you have used the entire thing. -- once you take the entire deduction, you may have used the entire thing. no reason to turn them in irs. the have used your cap on those items. look at the top 1% under this proposal, 97% would lose any incentive at all to give...
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fiscal cliff, turn off these automatic spending cuts and make sure that taxes don't go up. and then they would figure out what to do with the upper bracket. and then there would be a mechanism that would guarantee further action next year. if at all possible, they would disagree next year and there would be some sort of trigger or punishment for their lack of action. that sounds relatively simple, i think, putting it all together could take at least a couple of weeks after they have a deal. there could be some inevitable blocks either by conservatives in the house or in the senate. blowups either byow wha conservatives in the house or in the senate. the details can get pretty political party quickly. there's so much in flux. it all presupposes that the get an agreement. there was a school of thought that they could not get an agreement until tax rates actually go up next year. >> you can follow himat @apandrewtaylor. >> a discussion on the u.s. economy and you pull in the middle class with participants from think tanks, academia and business at 8:30 a.m. eastern tomorrow on
fiscal cliff, turn off these automatic spending cuts and make sure that taxes don't go up. and then they would figure out what to do with the upper bracket. and then there would be a mechanism that would guarantee further action next year. if at all possible, they would disagree next year and there would be some sort of trigger or punishment for their lack of action. that sounds relatively simple, i think, putting it all together could take at least a couple of weeks after they have a deal....